IBM debuts open source Granite 3.0 LLMs for enterprise AI
Make no mistake about it, enterprise AI is big business, especially for IBM.
IBM already has a $2 billion book of business related to generative AI and it’s now looking to accelerate that growth. IBM is expanding its enterprise AI business today with the launch of the third generation of Granite large language models (LLMs). A core element of the new generation is the continued focus on real open source enterprise AI. Going a step further, IBM is ensuring that models can be fine-tuned for enterprise AI, with its InstructLab capabilities.
The new models announced today include general purpose options with a 2 billion and 8 billion Granite 3.0. There are also Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models that include Granite 3.0 3B A800M Instruct, Granite 3.0 1B A400M Instruct, Granite 3.0 3B A800M Base and Granite 3.0 1B A400M Base. Rounding out the update, IBM also has a new group with optimized guardrail and safety options that include Granite Guardian 3.0 8B and Granite Guardian 3.0 2B models. The new models will be available on IBM’s watsonX service, as well as on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Sagemaker and Hugging Face.
“As we mentioned on our last earnings call, the book of business that we’ve built on generative AI is now $2 billion plus across technology and consulting,” Rob Thomas, senior vice-president and chief commercial officer at IBM, said during a briefing with press and analysts. “As I think about my 25 years in IBM, I’m not sure we’ve ever had a business that has scaled at this pace.”
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